Axis 1
Concentration of inward banking claims and portfolio debt holdings across foreign creditor countries.
Countries Scored
27
out of cohort (EU-27)
Min (Most Diversified)
0.1004
France
Max (Most Concentrated)
0.2730
Croatia
Mean
0.1480
Cohort average
Std Deviation
0.0373
Cross-country dispersion
Range
0.1726
Max − Min spread
Distribution of HHI scores across all scored cohort countries for this axis.
This axis is computed from 2 data channel(s). Each channel represents a distinct trade-flow or supplier concentration dataset.
Ch. A: Banking Claims Concentration
BIS — International Banking Statistics
Publisher: Bank for International Settlements
Reference: www.bis.org
Retrieval: Retrieved February 2026
Consolidated and locational banking statistics — bilateral positions.
Ch. B: Portfolio Debt Concentration
IMF — Financial Statistics
● Outlier: country score deviates > 1.5σ from mean (0.0559).
This axis measures structural concentration (HHI-based) in the financial external supplier concentration domain. It does not capture:
High concentration ≠ high vulnerability. Contextual interpretation required.